No. Hops do not contain sugar and so have no effect on the beer's alcoholic strength (117)

When brewing beer, what is liquor?

Water (119)

When brewing lager, are top-fermenting or bottom-fermenting yeast used?

Bottom-fermenting (119)

Describe the process by which barley is turned into malt

The barley is steeped in water to stimulate germination. The germinating barley is then kept under carefully controlled conditions of warmth and moisture as germination proceeds. The diastase begins the conversion of starch into sugar. Germination is halted by drying the grain by controlled heat in a kiln (120)

What happens in a mash tun?

Hot water is added to the grist which enables any remaining starch to be converted into sugar. The sugar is disolved in water, giving a sweetliquid known as wort (121)

What happens in a copper?

The wort is boiled in the copper and hops are added. Sugar may also be added to increase the potential alcohol (122)

What is real ale?

Real Ale is a term used for naturally conditioned beers (124)

What is barley wine?

A strong sweet beer with an alcohol strength of up to 10% by volume (125)

a) Name two counties in England where cider apples are grown
b) Name two counties in England where cider is made from desert and culinary apples

Molasses is diluted with water, fermented and distilled to make rum (139)

Why is vodka passed through beds of activated charcoal?

Vodka is passed through beds of activated charcoal to remove all taste and smell and leave a pure neutral spirit that needs no maturation and may be bottled and consumned at once (140)

Name the two main styles of Gin?

London Dry Gin and Dutch Gin (140)

List the three steps in the production of London Dry Gin?

a) a low strength alcoholic was nade from molasses or grain, is distilled in a patent still
b) This spirit is then re-distilled in a patent still ot produce a highly rectified neutral spirit
c) this rectified spirit is placed in a pot still with flavorings

With what is ouzo flavored?

Aniseed (141)

What are the three ways of putting flavor into a liquor?

a) distilling the spirit with the flavorings in a pot still
b) soaking the flavoring in alcohol for about four weeks
c) pumping alcohol over the flavoring (infusion) (142)

describe three ways in which a low alcohol beverage can be made?

a) Short fermentation
b) Removal of alcohol from a full strength beverage
c) blending together alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages (144-145)